Area Obituaries

1936 – 2020      Patrick Loy Ray of Tabor City died Wednesday, March 18, in his home. He was 86.      Born June 2, 1933 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Zeno Ray and Luna Belle Wright Ray and the widower of Nancy Spivey Ray.      He is survived by two sons, Patrick Allen…

1926 – 2020      Albert Lewis of Loris died Wednesday, March 18, in the Angel House Hospice Care Center, Whiteville. He was 93.      He was born June 13, 1926 in Horry County, and was the son of the late Jesse Daniel and Fannie Simmons Lewis.      Mr. Lewis was a retired machine operator and farmer. He was…

1951 – 2020      Jimmy Otto Day of Longs passed away on Friday, March 13. He was 68.      Mr. Day was born in Loris, a son of the late Otto and Minnie Suggs Day. He was a member of Camp Swamp United Methodist Church and was a member of the Tuesday Morning Bible study group in…

1940 – 2020      Joyce Day Wilhelm of Loris passed away Wednesday, March 11, at her residence. She was 80.      Mrs. Wilhelm was born February 22, 1940 in Longs, a daughter of the late Otto and Minnie Suggs Day.      Mrs. Wilhelm was predeceased by her husband, James (Jim) L. Wilhelm, and two sisters, Betty Vandergrift and…

1967 – 2020      Sheila Yvette Turbeville of Whiteville died Thursday, March 12, in her home. She was 52.      Born Nov. 29, 1967 in Adel, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Jerry Eugene Kearce and Betsy V. Flowers Kearce of Thomasville, Georgia.      In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Donald…

1923 – 2020      Elson H. Stevens of Tabor City died Sunday, March 8, in Lower Cape Fear Life Center, Whiteville. He was 96.      Born Sept. 26, 1923 in the Mount Vernon community of Horry County, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Stevens and Prudence Annie Hughes Stevens and the widower of Retha Cox…

1954 – 2020      Phillip Condo Cox of Tabor City died Saturday, March 7, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 66.      Born Feb. 9, 1954 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Spurgeon Condo and Allene Ivey Cox.      He is survived by his wife, Debra Cox of the home:…

1970 – 2020      James Edward Oxendine of Loris passed away Tuesday, March 3. He was 49.      James was born in Lumberton on July 9, 1970, a son of Bobby Chavis and Patsy Watts.      James was predeceased by an infant son, Michael James Oxendine. Survivors include his wife of 26 years, Crystal Rhodes Oxendine, a son, Allen Oxendine…

1930 – 2020      Rudolph Dorman of Loris, age 90, passed away Tuesday, March 3, at McLeod Loris hospital with his family by his side. He was 90.      Mr. Dorman was born Jan. 25, 1930 in Loris, a son of the late George Herbert Dorman and the late Lunette Todd Dorman.      He was a Veteran of the…

1922 – 2020      Clarence Colon Willoughby, Sr. of Tabor City died Monday, March 2, in Summit Place of North Myrtle Beach, Little River. He was 97.      Born Dec. 13, 1922 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Stephen Furney Willoughby and Carrie Belle Grainger Willoughby and the widower of Mildred Elizabeth Smith…